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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






2. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






3. What does DASH stand for?






4. What is normal BMI?






5. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






6. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






7. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






8. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






9. Where can you get more vitamin D?






10. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






11. What is normal albumin levels?






12. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






13. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






14. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






15. What function is vitamin D?






16. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






17. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






18. Name six sources of grains






19. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






20. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






21. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






22. What type of people need extra protein?






23. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






24. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






25. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






26. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






27. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






28. What is the function of vitamin E?






29. When does BMR decrease?






30. What is RDA of protein?






31. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






32. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






33. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






34. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






35. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






36. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






37. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






38. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






39. What function is vitamin A?






40. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






41. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






42. Sources of fats






43. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






44. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






45. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






46. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






47. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






48. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






49. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






50. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?







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